# List of professional sportspeople convicted of crimes

This list includes sports-people who have been convicted of serious crimes (such as felonies in the United States). It comprises both professionals and those amateurs who have competed at the highest levels.

## American football (gridiron)

| Name | Status with team when arrested | Crime | Term | Notes |
| Kevin Allen | Free agent | Sexual assault | 15 years | Released after 33 months. |
| Will Allen | Retired | Wire fraud and money laundering | 6 years in prison, 3 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution of $16.8 million (along with co-defendant) | |
| Richard Alston | Retired | Conspiracy to distribute drugs | 14 years |
| Josh Bellamy | Cut | Conspiracy to commit wire fraud | 3 years and 1 month, plus payment of $1,246,565 in restitution and $1,246,565 in forfeiture | |
| Michael Bennett | Cut | Wire fraud | 15 months | |
| Michael Bennett | Cut | Burglary, identity theft and attempted theft | 5 years | Was on parole from previous conviction when arrested. |
| Trevone Boykin | Seattle Seahawks | Aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury and witness tampering | 3 years | |
| Josh Brent | Dallas Cowboys | Intoxication manslaughter | 180 days and 10 years' probation | |
| Plaxico Burress | New York Giants | Attempted criminal possession of a weapon | 2 years | Conviction was a plea bargain for an incident in which Burress accidentally shot himself in a nightclub. Eligible for parole in April 2011; released June 7, 2011. |
| Billy Cannon | Retired | Counterfeiting | 5 years | Served 2+1⁄2 years. Had been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame before his conviction in 1983, but the Hall rescinded the honor before his scheduled induction. The Hall elected him a second time in 2008 and he was inducted at that time. |
| Rae Carruth | Carolina Panthers | Conspiracy to commit murder | 18 years | Released on October 22, 2018, having served 19 years. |
| Cecil Collins | Miami Dolphins | Burglary | 15 years | Released after serving 13 years |
| Maurice Clarett | Free agent | Armed robbery, possession of a concealed weapon without a permit, failure to maintain current lane | 7+1⁄2 years | Clarett was released to a halfway house after less than four years. |
| Russell Erxleben | Retired | Conspiracy to commit securities fraud, mail fraud and money laundering, then wire fraud and money laundering | 7 years then 7+1⁄2 years | |
| Michael Floyd | Arizona Cardinals | Extreme DUI | 24 days in jail, 96 days of house arrest, 30 hours of community service and a $5,115.99 fine | Floyd was found unconscious in his car in the middle of a road at 2:48 a.m. with a .217 blood alcohol content. He originally faced seven charges but pleaded to one. |
| Irving Fryar | Retired | Conspiracy and theft by deception (mortgage scam) | 5 years | |
| Dwayne Goodrich | Dallas Cowboys | Criminally negligent homicide | 12+1⁄2 years | Hit and run accident. Released after serving approximately eight years. |
| Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson | Retired | Sexual assault, bribery | 4 years, 8 months | Released after serving 28 months |
| Darryl Henley | Los Angeles Rams | Drug trafficking, attempted conspiracy to commit murder | 42 years | Expected release date: March 28, 2031 |
| Aaron Hernandez | New England Patriots | First-degree murder | Life without parole | Committed suicide in prison on April 19, 2017. |
| Travis Henry | Cut | Drug trafficking | 3+1⁄2 years | Served 2 years and 5 months |
| Jimmy Hitchcock | Retired | Fraud, bribery and money laundering | 46 months to be followed by two years of supervised release | |
| Sam Hurd | Chicago Bears | Conspiracy to possess cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute | 15 years | |
| Mark Ingram Sr. | Retired | Money laundering and fraud | 7 years in prison and up to 5 years of probation. Ordered to pay $252,000 in restitution. Given an additional 2 years in prison for jumping bail to see his son Mark Ingram II play for the University of Alabama. | Released 2015 |
| Tank Johnson | Chicago Bears | Probation violation relating to weapons possession | 120 days | Served 60 days |
| Johnny Jolly | Green Bay Packers | Drug possession, evidence tampering, violating probation | 6 years | Served 6 months |
| Tommy Kane | Seattle Seahawks | Manslaughter | 18 years | |
| Ryan Leaf | Retired | Burglary, drug possession | 5 years | Released after serving 2+1⁄2 years. |
| Ray Lewis | Baltimore Ravens | Obstruction of justice | 12 months probation, $250,000 fine | Lewis pled down to obstruction in exchange for his testimony after a bar fight he was involved in left two people dead. Lewis was named Super Bowl MVP the year following his arrest. On April 29, 2004, Lewis reached an out-of-court settlement with four-year-old India Lollar, born months after the death of her father Richard, pre-empting a scheduled civil proceeding. Lewis also reached an undisclosed settlement with Baker's family. |
| Jamal Lewis | Baltimore Ravens | Using a cell phone to facilitate a drug deal | 4 months | |
| Leonard Little | St. Louis Rams | Involuntary manslaughter | 3 months | involved in fatal car crash while intoxicated. |
| Derek Loville | Retired | Racketeering conspiracy | 15 months, $5,000 fine | Loville was charged for his role in a drug trafficking ring, but pleaded guilty only to racketeering. |
| Kevin Mack | Cleveland Browns | Drug use | 6 months | Mack was charged with cocaine trafficking, using a motor vehicle for drug abuse and possessing criminal tools but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. He served only a month at the Ohio State Reformatory. |
| Dexter Manley | Washington Redskins | Drug possession, evidence tampering | 4 years (1996) 2 years (2002) | Served over three years |
| Dave Meggett | Retired | Criminal sexual conduct and burglary | 30 years | Previously convicted of misdemeanor sexual battery |
| Bam Morris | Kansas City Chiefs | Drug trafficking | 30 months | Released after serving two and a half years |
| Mercury Morris | Retired | Drug trafficking | 20 years | Served 3 years. Released early after a plea agreement in which he pleaded no contest to felony drug trafficking charges. |
| Eric Naposki | Cut | First-degree murder | Life in prison without the possibility of parole | |
| Nate Newton | Retired | Drug trafficking | 7+1⁄2 years (two separate convictions) | released after serving about two and a half years |
| Lawrence Phillips | Retired | Assault, separate incident of assault with a deadly weapon (intentionally driving into victims) | 31 years total | Previously sentenced to 10 years on driving charge, which was reduced to seven years during sentencing for assault charge against his girlfriend in 2009 In 2016, while awaiting trial regarding the death of his cellmate, Phillips committed suicide in prison after serving 7+ years. |
| Alabama Pitts | Pre-career | Armed robbery | 8–16 years | Pitts was released after six years and played minor league baseball after his release. |
| Joe Prokop | Retired | Tax evasion, fraud | 1+1⁄2 years in prison and 2+1⁄2 years of home confinement | |
| Saleem Rasheed | Retired | Food stamp fraud, immigration fraud | 8 months in prison followed by 8 months of home detention followed by 3 years of supervised release, $500 fine, $5,551 restitution | Rasheed falsely claimed a woman as his wife on immigration forms and collected food stamps despite being ineligible. |
| Saleem Rasheed | Retired | Two counts of School Employee Engaging in a Sex Act | 3 years | Rasheed was charged with two counts of School Employee Engaging in a Sex Act and two counts of School Employee Engaging in a Deviate Sex Act stemming from consensual sex acts with of-age girls while he was a schoolteacher. He pleaded guilty to the two lesser charges. |
| Robert Rozier | Retired | Multiple murders | Multiple | Convicted of four murders, served 10 years and placed in witness protection after testifying against Yahweh Ben Yahweh, later sentenced to 25 to life on check kiting charge under a Three-strikes law |
| Henry Ruggs | Las Vegas Raiders | DUI resulting in death and vehicular manslaughter | 3–10 years | |
| Art Schlichter | Retired | 1997 – forgery, theft | 16 years | committed over 20 felonies related to gambling, released from prison in June 2006 |
| Art Schlichter | Retired | 2012 – fraud, theft | 10 years, 7 months | 7 months were related to his probation from an earlier conviction. |
| Darren Sharper | Retired | Rape (multiple counts) | 20 years | Also sentenced in United States Federal Court to 18 years, running concurrently with the 20-year sentence imposed by California, as well as sentences in Arizona, Nevada and Louisiana. While the Federal conviction is shorter, it does not allow for the possibility of parole, giving it a later date of possible release. |
| O. J. Simpson | Retired | Robbery, kidnapping | 9 to 33 years | Released after serving nine years. See also O. J. Simpson robbery case. |
| Anthony Smith | Retired | First-degree murder | Three life sentences without parole | |
| Alonzo Spellman | Cut | Interference with a flight crew, simple assault | 18 months | Served one year |
| C.J. Spillman | Dallas Cowboys | Sexual assault | 5 years | |
| Donté Stallworth | Cleveland Browns | DUI manslaughter (Driving under the influence of alcohol) | 30 days incarceration, 2 years house arrest | |
| Dana Stubblefield | Retired | Rape by force and false imprisonment | 15 years to life | |
| Michael Vick | Atlanta Falcons | Conspiracy, related to dog fighting | 23 months | See also Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigation. |
| Nate Webster | Cut | Unlawful sexual conduct with a minor | 12 years | |
| Stanley Wilson Sr. | Retired | Burglary | 22 years | Sentence was under a third strike provision |
| Kellen Winslow II | Retired | Rape (multiple counts) | 14 years | |
| Brandon Browner | Retired | Attempted murder | 8 years | |
| Keith Wright | Cut | Multiple charges, including sexual assault, armed robbery, kidnapping and burglary | 114 years to life, plus 120 years | series of home invasion robberies and assaults |

## Association football
### English leagues

| Name | Team when arrested | Offence | Sentence | Notes |
| Jimmy Gauld | Everton F.C. | Conspiracy to defraud | 4 years | See 1964 British betting scandal. |
| Peter Swan | Sheffield Wednesday F.C. | Conspiracy to defraud | 4 months | See 1964 British betting scandal. |
| Tony Kay | Sheffield Wednesday F.C. | Conspiracy to defraud | 4 months | See 1964 British betting scandal. |
| David Layne | Sheffield Wednesday F.C. | Conspiracy to defraud | 4 months | See 1964 British betting scandal. |
| Joey Barton | Newcastle United F.C. | Assault, affray | 6 months | |
| Joey Barton | Manchester City F.C. | Assault | 4 months, 2 years suspended | |
| George Best | Retired | Drunk driving, assaulting police, failing to answer bail | 3 months | |
| Danny Simpson | Leicester City F.C. | Assault | 300 hours of community service/ Replaced with a 22:00 to 06:00 curfew for 21 days |
| Steve Brooker | Bristol City F.C. | Affray | 28 days | Released after serving 14 days. |
| Scott Brown | Bristol City F.C. | Affray | 120 hours' community service | Brooker, Brown, Orr and Partridge were convicted for the same incident where they were involved in an assault on a doorman. |
| Bradley Orr | Bristol City F.C. | Affray | 28 days | Brooker, Brown, Orr and Partridge were convicted for the same incident where they were involved in an assault on a doorman. |
| David Partridge | Bristol City F.C. | Affray and bodily harm | 2 months | Released after one month |
| Marcus Bent | Retired | Affray and possession of a Class A drug | Suspended 12-month prison sentence, a two-month curfew and 200 hours of compulsory unpaid work | |
| Eric Cantona | Manchester United F.C. | Assault | 2 weeks | Released after 24 hours. Later overturned in favour of 120 hours community service after appeal. |
| Gary Charles | Retired | Drunk driving | Prison sentence not specified | |
| Gary Charles | Retired | Breach of bail conditions | Prison sentence not specified | Illegally removed electronic tag to go on holiday, therefore breaching court conditions |
| Gary Charles | Retired | Assault occasioning actual bodily harm | 9 months suspended, 100 hours community service | |
| Gary Charles | Retired | Assault | 12 months | |
| Gary Croft | Blackburn Rovers F.C. | Driving while disqualified, perverting the course of justice | 4 months | |
| Ched Evans | Sheffield United F.C. | Rape | 5 years | Released on licence in October 2014; conviction quashed in April 2016 and a retrial ordered. Evans found not guilty at retrial |
| Mads Timm | Manchester United | Dangerous driving | 12 months | Convicted for street racing with a team-mate. |
| Jack Fountain | York City | Conspiracy to defraud | 15 months | See 1964 British betting scandal. |
| Lee Hughes | West Bromwich Albion F.C. | Causing death by dangerous driving | 6 years | |
| Gavin Grant | Bradford City | Murder | Life imprisonment | Eligible for parole after 25 years. Cleared of a 2005 murder in 2007. Murder he was convicted of took place in May 2004, before the start of his professional career. |
| Adam Johnson | Sunderland | Rape | |
| Marlon King | Barnet F.C. | Wounding | 80 hours community service | |
| Marlon King | Barnet F.C. | Fraudulent use of vehicle license, theft | Fined £280 | |
| Marlon King | | Credit card fraud | Community rehabilitation order | |
| Marlon King | Gillingham F.C. | Obtaining property by deception and criminal damage | 6 months community rehabilitation order | |
| Marlon King | Gillingham F.C. | Handling stolen cars | 18 months | Reduced to 5 months on appeal |
| Marlon King | Gillingham F.C. | Assault and unprovoked attack | Fined £1000 | |
| Marlon King | Watford F.C. | Assault | Fined £300 | |
| Marlon King | Wigan Athletic F.C. | Sexual assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm | 18 months | |
| Jamie Lawrence | n/a | Robbery | 4 years | Released after 26 months |
| Guy Madjo | Retired | Sexual assault | 3+1⁄2 years | |
| Peter Mendham | Retired | wounding with intent | 5 years | |
| Jan Mølby | Liverpool F.C. | Reckless driving | 3 months | |
| Luke McCormick | Plymouth Argyle F.C. | Driving with excess alcohol, causing death by dangerous driving | 7 years 4 months | Eligible for parole in three-and-a-half years |
| Bob Newton | Hartlepool United | Causing death by reckless driving | 9 months | |
| Jermaine Pennant | Birmingham City F.C. | Drink driving whilst banned | 90 days | Released after 30 days, served rest of sentence wearing electronic tag |
| Brian Phillips | Mansfield Town | Conspiracy to defraud | 15 months | See 1964 British betting scandal. |
| Tom Pope | Crewe Alexandra | Affray | 200 hours community service and 6 months suspended jail sentence | |
| Micky Quinn | Portsmouth F.C. | Driving whilst banned | 21 days | Served 14 days |
| Graham Rix | Chelsea F.C. | Underage sex, indecent assault | 12 months | Placed on sex offenders' register for 10 years |
| Luke Rodgers | Shrewsbury Town | Affray | Fines, cautions, community service | Was denied a US work permit and therefore was unable to sign with the New York Red Bulls due to his conviction. |
| Paul Sugrue | Retired | Conspiracy to commit fraud | Ten years | Four other conspirators also convicted |
| Mark Aizlewood | Semi-retired (manager of Carmarthen Town, former player) | Conspiracy to commit fraud | Six years | Four other conspirators also convicted |
| Peter Storey | Retired | Running a brothel | £700 fine and 6-month suspended | |
| Peter Storey | Retired | Car theft | 2 years | |
| Peter Storey | Retired | Counterfeiting | 3 years | |
| Peter Storey | Retired | Smuggling pornographic movies | 28 days | |
| Peter Storey | Retired | Disorderly behaviour | 28 days | |
| Mickey Thomas | Wrexham F.C. | Counterfeiting | 18 months | |
| Stig Tøfting | Bolton Wanderers F.C. | Assault | 4 months | |
| Vinnie Jones | Queens Park Rangers | Assault causing actual bodily harm and criminal damage | £300 fine plus 100 hours' community service | |
| Vinnie Jones | Retired | Air rage | 80 hours community service, fined £500 | |
| Mark Ward | Retired | Possession of drugs with intent to supply | 8 years | Released after serving four years |
| Dennis Wise | Chelsea F.C. | Assault | 3 months | Later acquitted on appeal |
| Nile Ranger | Southend United | Conspiracy to commit fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering | 8 months | |
| James Tomkins | West Ham United | Assault of a police officer | Fined £7605 | |
| Reece Thompson | Guiseley A.F.C. | damaging property, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and grievous bodily harm | 40-month plus 10 year restraining order | Served 9 months |
| Kurt Zouma | West Ham United | Animal cruelty | 180 hours community service | |

### Scottish leagues

| Name v | Team when arrested | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Duncan Ferguson | Rangers F.C. | Assault | 3 months | Served 44 days |
| Craig Thomson | Heart of Midlothian F.C. | Lewd libidinous and indecent behaviour | £4,000 fine and sex offenders' register entry for 5 years | |

### French leagues

| Name v | Team when arrested | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Jérôme Boateng | Lyon | Assault | 2 months | |

### Bundesliga

| Name | Team when arrested | Offence | Sentence | Notes |
| Christoph Metzelder | Retired | Distribution of child pornography | 10 months (suspended) | |
Breno: Arson

### Dutch Football League

| Name | Team when arrested | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Patrick Kluivert | AFC Ajax | Causing death by dangerous driving | 240 hours community service | |

### Brazilian Football League

| Name | Team when arrested | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Bruno Fernandes de Souza | C.R. Flamengo | Murder of former girlfriend, hiding body, kidnapping | 22 years | Released February 2017 |
| Ronaldinho | Retired | Passport forgery | 5 months | Released August 2020 |

### Iranian leagues

| Name | Team when arrested | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Sosha Makani | Persepolis F.C. | Publishing pictures that lead to the spread of corruption and prostitution in society | 5 days | |

### International football

| Name | Team when arrested | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Guus Hiddink | Russia | Tax fraud | 6 months suspended, €45,000 fine | |
| Dani Alves | Brazil | Sexual assault | 4 1⁄2 years, €150,000 fine | |

## Track and field

| Name | Discipline(s) | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| David Bunevacz | Decathlon | Securities fraud and wire fraud | 17 years and six months | |
| David Jenkins | Sprinting | Trafficking of anabolic steroids | 7 years | Released after 9 months |
| Lauren Jeska | Fell running | Attempted murder, assault occasioning actual bodily harm | 18 years | |
| Marion Jones | Sprinting, long jump | Obstruction of justice, perjury | 6 months and 200 hours community service | Also played professional basketball |
| Tim Montgomery | Sprinting | Fraud, drug distribution | 46 months 5 years | Sentences to be served consecutively |
| Chris Nelloms | Sprinting | Rape, felonious sexual penetration | Life imprisonment | Eligible for parole in 2039 |
| Oscar Pistorius | Sprinting | Premeditated murder | 13 years, 5 months | Initially sentenced to 5 years for culpable homicide. Conviction was changed to premeditated murder by an appeals court, and sentence was extended to 6 years in November 2016. On further appeal the sentence was extended to 15 years less time served. |
| Simon Poelman | Decathlon | Importation of drugs | 3 years | |
| Steve Riddick | Sprinting | Money laundering and fraud | 5 years, 3 months | |

## Australian rules football

| Name | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Arthur Brennan | Bigamy | 12 months | |
| Brett Cooper | Drug offences | 5 years | |
| Ben Cousins | Stalking, drug and driving offenses | 1 year | |
| David Dench | Fraud | 4 months | |
| Merv Dihm | Assault occasioning actual bodily harm | 3 years | Didn't serve the full sentence |
| Daniel Kerr | Arson | 2 years | |
| Andrew Krakouer | Assault | 16 months | Served his sentence at the Wooroloo Prison Farm |
| Neville Linney | Burglary | 2 years | |
| Paul Tilley | Intentionally causing serious injury | 18 months | 12 of the 18 months were suspended |

## Baseball

| Name | Team when arrested | Jurisdiction | Date | Conviction offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Shawn Abner | Retired | Pennsylvania (Cumberland County) | January 21, 2020 (sentencing) | Aggravated animal cruelty | 4+1⁄2–23 months imprisonment | Abner had abandoned his 14-year-old dog to die. |
| Willie Aikens | Kansas City Royals | United States (E.D. Mo.) | November 18, 1983 (sentencing) | Attempted possession of cocaine | 3 months imprisonment, $5,000 fine | Aikens was arrested, charged and sentenced with teammates Willie Wilson and Jerry Martin. They were the first active MLB players ever to be sentenced for drug violations. |
| Willie Aikens | Retired | United States (W.D. Mo.) | December 13, 1994 (sentencing) | Drug possession with intent to distribute, gun possession, attempted bribery | 20 years, 8 months imprisonment | Released to a halfway house after serving 14-plus years due to a retroactive change in sentencing guidelines. |
| Eddie Ainsmith | Washington Senators | Washington, D.C. | April 21, 1915 (sentencing) | Assault | 30 days in a workhouse | Teammate Joe Engel was given only a fine for their assault on a motorman. Ainsmith was subsequently resentenced to a year of probation after paying a $50 fine. |
| Mike Balas | Retired | United States (D. Mass.) | November 10, 1942 (sentencing) | Draft evasion | 3 years imprisonment | Balas failed to report to a conscientious objector camp during World War II. |
| Vida Blue | Free agent | United States (E.D. Mo.) | December 20, 1983 (sentencing) | Possession of cocaine | 3 months imprisonment, $5,000 fine, 2 years probation | Blue was arrested in the same investigation as teammates Willie Mays Aikens, Willie Wilson and Jerry Martin but faced a steeper charge. |
| Ed Bouchee | Philadelphia Phillies | Washington (Spokane County) | February 20, 1958 (plea) | Indecent exposure involving children | 3 years probation, inpatient mental health treatment | Bouchee was released from The Institute of Living after about three months. Commissioner Ford Frick lifted his suspension the following month after meeting with Bouchee, his doctors and an independent psychiatrist. |
| Milton Bradley | Cleveland Indians | Ohio (Cuyahoga Falls) | February 11, 2004 (plea) | Obstructing official business | 3 days imprisonment, $250 fine, 40 hours community service | |
| Milton Bradley | Retired | California (Los Angeles County) | July 2, 2013 (sentencing) | Spousal battery, assault with a deadly weapon and making criminal threats | 2 years and 230 days imprisonment, plus 400 hours of community service | Bradley remained free until May 2015 while he appealed his conviction. |
| Milton Bradley | Retired | California | June 2018 (sentencing) | Domestic battery | 2 days imprisonment, 36 months probation, 52 weeks of domestic violence counseling | |
| Gates Brown | Pre-career | Ohio (Crawford County) | March 1958 | Breaking and entering | "an indeterminate term" in prison | Brown was arrested at 18 years old in 1958. After being scouted at the Ohio State Reformatory by the Detroit Tigers in the fall of 1959, the club helped him get early parole. |
| Matt Bush | Tampa Bay Rays | Florida (Charlotte County) | December 18, 2012 (sentencing) | Two counts of DUI with property damage, DUI with serious bodily injury, leaving the scene of an accident, of driving with a suspended license and two counts of leaving the scene of an accident with damage to the property | 51 months | Released October 2015, after serving 3+1⁄2 years. |
| Ken Caminiti | Retired | Texas (Harris County) | March 2001 (sentencing) | Cocaine possession | 3 years deferred adjudication for felony cocaine possession in March 2001. Re-sentenced in October 2004 to 180 days imprisonment. | Caminiti violated his probation by testing positive for cocaine. He was released shortly after sentencing because he was given credit for time served and died from a drug overdose a few days later. |
| Rick Camp | Retired | United States (S.D. Ga.) | September 15, 2005 (sentencing) | Conspiracy to steal money from a mental health agency | 3 years imprisonment | Camp, then working as a lobbyist, was convicted alongside Georgia state Representative Robin L. Williams and several others. |
| Jose Canseco | Free agent | Florida (Miami-Dade County) | January 7, 1998 (sentencing) | Battery | 1 year probation | Canseco was sentenced in January 1998 for hitting his wife and signed the next month with the Toronto Blue Jays. |
| Jose Canseco | Free agent | Florida (Miami-Dade County) | November 5, 2002 (sentencing) | Felony aggravated battery, two counts of misdemeanor battery | 3 years probation, 250 hours community service, anger management classes | Canseco and his twin brother, Ozzie, were involved in a nightclub fight in Miami Beach on Halloween 2001 when Canseco was under contract with the Chicago White Sox. |
| Jose Canseco | Retired | Florida (Miami-Dade County) | March 2003 (sentencing) | Violation of probation | 2 years house arrest, 3 years probation | Canseco failed to take court-ordered anger management classes. He had announced his retirement from MLB the year before. |
| Jose Canseco | Retired | United States (S.D. Cal.) | November 4, 2008 (sentencing) | Drug smuggling | 1 year probation | Canseco tried to bring a fertility drug into the United States from Tijuana. |
| Ozzie Canseco | Retired | Florida (Miami-Dade County) | November 5, 2002 (sentencing) | Felony battery, misdemeanor battery | 18 months probation, 200 hours community service, anger management classes | Canseco and his twin brother Jose were involved in a nightclub fight in Miami Beach on Halloween 2001. |
| Ozzie Canseco | Retired | Florida (Miami-Dade County) | October 17, 2003 (sentencing) | Violation of probation | 1 year imprisonment, 5 years probation | Canseco was arrested on charges of possessing an illegal anabolic steroid, driving with a revoked license and possession of drug paraphernalia. |
| Leo Cárdenas | Retired | Ohio (Hamilton County) | February 1998 (plea) | Assault | 90 days imprisonment | Cárdenas was accused of beating his wife's coworker with a baseball bat. |
| Ramón Castro | Florida Marlins | Pennsylvania (Allegheny County) | November 9, 2004 (plea) | Indecent assault | 1 year probation | Castro was charged with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault and unlawful restraint arising from an incident on August 28, 2003. |
| Orlando Cepeda | Retired | United States (D.P.R.) | December 16, 1976 (sentencing) | Drug possession, drug smuggling | 5 years imprisonment, $10,000 fine | Cepeda served 10 months. |
| Hal Chase | Banned | Arizona (Santa Cruz County) | December 9, 1930 (plea) | Driving while intoxicated | 30 days imprisonment | Chase was given the option of paying a $75 fine or going to jail. |
| Hal Chase | Banned | California (Colusa County) | May 6, 1936 (plea) | Driving while intoxicated | $250 fine, driver's license suspended four months | |
| Pearce Chiles | Philadelphia Phillies | Texas | June 1900 (sentencing) | Theft | 2 years imprisonment | Chiles served less than 16 months before escaping the Huntsville Prison in Texas on August 19, 1902 |
| Bobby Chouinard | Colorado Rockies | Arizona (Maricopa County) | November 27, 2000 (sentencing) | Aggravated assault | 1 year imprisonment, $25,000 donation to a domestic violence charity, 10 public service announcements | After pleading guilty following an incident in which he held a gun to his wife's head, Chouinard was sentenced to 4 increments of 3-month prison terms during MLB's offseasons. He was allowed 42 hours to work out at Coors Field and visit with his family every week. |
| Ken Clay | Retired | Virginia (Campbell County) | August 27, 1987 (plea) | Grand larceny | 4-year suspended prison sentence, 5 years probation, 1,000 hours community service, $15,000 restitution to Jostens. Re-sentenced in 1992 to three years imprisonment. | Two more grand larceny charges were dropped as part of his plea. Clay violated his probation by being arrested three separate times: twice for DUI and once for theft. |
| Ken Clay | Retired | Virginia (Bedford County) | December 30, 1991 (plea) | Grand larceny | 1 year imprisonment, $1,000 fine | Clay stole $551.76 from his employer. |
| Ken Clay | Retired | Florida (Manatee County) | February 20, 2001 (plea) | Twenty-four felony counts including grand theft, fraud and forgery | 15 years probation, $40,000 restitution to American Express, First Union Bank and others. Re-sentenced in 2007 to five years imprisonment. | |
| Ken Clay | Retired | Florida (Sarasota County) | November 20, 2007 (conviction) | Grand theft | 3 years, 4 months, 18 days imprisonment | Clay was released in 2012 |
| Ty Cobb | Detroit Tigers | Michigan (Wayne County) | June 25, 1914 | Disturbing the peace | $50 fine | Cobb pulled a revolver during an argument at a butcher shop in Detroit. |
| Alex Cole | Bridgeport Bluefish | United States (D. Conn.) | June 2002 (plea) | Conspiring to possess with intent to distribute heroin | 18 months imprisonment | |
| Sam Crane | Retired | Pennsylvania (Dauphin County) | April 14, 1930 (sentenced) | Two counts of second-degree murder | 28–36 years imprisonment | Crane was convicted on September 25, 1929, of the murder of "his former sweetheart" and on March 28, 1930, of the murder of the man accompanying her at the time of the shooting. |
| Trevor Crowe | Retired | United States (N.D. Ohio) | September 2020 (plea) | Tax fraud | 3 years probation, $85,043 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service | Crowe faced up to three years in federal prison for failing to report more than $300,000 in income from illegal gambling on his federal tax return. |
| Chad Curtis | Retired | Michigan (Barry County) | October 3, 2013 (sentencing) | Criminal sexual conduct | 7–15 years imprisonment | Released on September 22, 2020. |
| Éric Cyr | San Diego Padres | United States (C.D. Cal.) | December 26, 2001 (plea) | Sexual contact with another without consent | 30 days imprisonment, 1 year probation | Cyr was charged with having sex with a 15-year-old girl on an airplane from Australia to Los Angeles. He was credited for time served. |
| John D'Acquisto | Retired | United States (S.D.N.Y.) | October 18, 1996 (sentencing) | Conspiracy, uttering a forged instrument, two counts of wire fraud | 63 months imprisonment | |
| John D'Acquisto | Retired | United States (S.D. Cal.) | March 28, 1999 (sentencing) | Investment fraud | 55 months imprisonment | D'Acquisto's second sentence ran concurrently with his first sentence, and he served only 4 years total. |
| Doug DeCinces | Retired | United States (C.D. Cal.) | August 2019 (sentencing) | 14 counts related to insider trading | 8 months home detention, 2 years probation | |
| Cozy Dolan | Banned | United States (N.D. Ill.) | April 1, 1931 (plea) | Possessing and selling intoxicating liquor | 15 days imprisonment | |
| Mike Donlin | Baltimore Orioles | Maryland (Baltimore) | March 19, 1902 (plea) | Two counts of assault | 6 months imprisonment, $250 fine | Donlin claimed to have no memory of assaulting two people while drunk on the street in Baltimore. He was released by the Orioles because of his arrest. Albert Ritchie sentenced him to two concurrent terms of six months. |
| Lenny Dykstra | Retired | California (Los Angeles County) | October 2011 (plea) | Grand theft auto | 3 years imprisonment | Prosecutors dropped 21 other charges against Dykstra as part of his plea deal. |
| Lenny Dykstra | Retired | California (Los Angeles County) | April 18, 2012 (plea) | Assault with a deadly weapon, lewd conduct | 9 months imprisonment, 3 years probation | As a condition of his probation, Dykstra was not allowed to post on social media. |
| Lenny Dykstra | Retired | United States (C.D. Cal.) | December 3, 2012 (sentencing) | Bankruptcy fraud, concealment of assets, money laundering | 6+1⁄2 months imprisonment, 500 hours community service, $200,000 in restitution | Released in June 2013 after serving a total of 13 months (7 while awaiting sentencing, 6+1⁄2 afterwards). Placed on probation for three years and also ordered to complete substance abuse rehab. |
| Ferris Fain | Retired | California (El Dorado County) | September 24, 1985 (arrest) | Cultivating marijuana | 4 months house arrest, 5 years probation | Authorities believed a jail sentence would have aggravated his arthritis and leukemia. |
| Ferris Fain | Retired | California | March 17, 1988 (arrest) | Cultivating and possessing marijuana for sale | 18 months imprisonment | Fain served his sentence at California State Prison, Solano. |
| Rafael Furcal | Atlanta Braves | Georgia (Cobb County) | June 10, 2000 (arrest) | Driving while intoxicated | Probation (later 21 days imprisonment) | Furcal had 49 days remaining on his Cobb County probation when arrested for drunk driving in violation of his probation. His pleaded guilty to the second charge two days into his prison stint and the two sentences ran concurrently. |
| Rafael Furcal | Atlanta Braves | Georgia (Atlanta) | October 14, 2004 (plea) | Driving while intoxicated | 19 days imprisonment, 10 months probation, 240 hours community service | Furcal had 49 days remaining on his Cobb County probation when arrested for drunk driving in violation of his probation. His pleaded guilty to the second charge two days into his prison stint and the two sentences ran concurrently. |
| Bernard Gilkey | New York Mets | Florida (St. Lucie County) | March 1998 (arrest) | Driving while intoxicated | 1 year probation, 50 hours community service, driver's license suspended six months | Gilkey was arrested for DWI on November 8, 2000, while charges against him for another DWI from less than a month earlier were still pending. |
| Bernard Gilkey | Boston Red Sox | Missouri (St. Louis County) | February 27, 2001 (plea) | Driving while intoxicated | 2 years probation | Gilkey was arrested for DWI on November 8, 2000, while charges against him for another DWI from less than a month earlier were still pending. |
| Bernard Gilkey | Atlanta Braves | Missouri (St. Louis County) | November 9, 2001 (plea) | Driving while intoxicated, driving with a suspended license, speeding | 120 days imprisonment, 5 years probation, 500 hours community service, driver's license suspended five years | Gilkey was arrested for DWI on November 8, 2000, while charges against him for another DWI from less than a month earlier were still pending. |
| Dwight Gooden | New York Mets | Florida (Hillsborough County) | January 23, 1987 (plea) | Battery on a police officer, resisting arrest with violence | 3 years probation, 160 hours community service | Gooden was charged alongside his nephew, Gary Sheffield, and Vance Lovelace. |
| Dwight Gooden | Retired | Florida (Hillsborough County) | November 3, 2005 (sentencing) | Fleeing police, reckless driving, obstruction, battery | 45 days imprisonment, 3 years probation, 100 hours community service, anger management, substance abuse treatment. Re-sentenced in 2006 to a year and a day in prison for violating probation. | Gooden pled guilty to an April 2004 charge that he sped away from a traffic stop and an unrelated March 2005 charge of hitting his girlfriend. He was given 45 days in prison for the latter charge but credited for time served. On April 5, 2006, he was re-sentenced to a year and a day in prison for violating his probation by using cocaine. |
| Dwight Gooden | Retired | New Jersey (Monmouth County) | August 2019 (plea) | Cocaine possession | 1 year probation | Gooden was able to avoid prison time by completing a substance abuse treatment program between his plea and sentencing. |
| Mark Grace | Retired | Arizona (Maricopa County) | January 31, 2013 (sentencing) | Endangerment, DUI | 4 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years supervised probation | Grace had been arrested for DUI twice in 15 months and could have faced up to three years in prison if he had not pleaded guilty. |
| Luther Hackman | Retired | United States (W.D. Tenn.) | March 9, 2023 (plea) | Money laundering, conspiring to distribute cocaine | Pending | Hackman was arrested when he arrived to pick up a shipment of 20 pounds of methamphetamine and 4 kilograms of cocaine for which he had paid $96,800. |
| Mel Hall | Retired | Texas (Tarrant County) | June 17, 2009 (sentencing) | 3 counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and 2 counts of indecency with a child | 45 years imprisonment | Serving his sentence at Coffield prison in Texas. Eligible for parole in 2031. |
| Pinky Higgins | Retired | Louisiana | 1968 (arrest) | Negligent homicide | 4 years labor | Released after serving 2 months. Died from a heart attack the day after being released. |
| Erik Hiljus | Retired | United States (C.D. Cal.) | November 14, 2022 (plea) | Two counts of subscribing to false tax returns | 3 months home detention, $194,701 in fines and restitution | Hiljus served as an agent of an illegal gambling operation. The investigation also resulted in charges against Yasiel Puig. |
| Charlie Hoover | Retired | Missouri | October 1898 (arrest) | Forgery | 5 years imprisonment | Released in May 1902. |
| Steve Howe | Banned | United States (D. Mont.) | August 18, 1992 (sentencing) | Attempted possession of cocaine | 3 years probation, $1,000 fine and 100 hours community service | While a pitcher for the New York Yankees, Howe was banned from baseball in June 1991 for failing his seventh drug test. Howe was arrested in December for buying two grams of cocaine in a federal drug investigation and pleaded to a lesser charge in April 1992. |
| Steve Howe | New York Yankees | New York (New York City) | November 7, 1996 (sentencing) | Attempting to bring a loaded, unlicensed handgun on an airplane | 3 years probation and 150 hours community service | Howe had previously been reinstated by MLB and was arrested while under contract with the Yankees but his sentence was not handed down until the fall following what would be his final season in 1996. |
| LaMarr Hoyt | San Diego Padres | United States (S.D. Cal.) | December 16, 1986 (sentencing) | Drug smuggling | 45 days imprisonment, 5 years probation, $5,025 fine | Hoyt tried to cross the border from Mexico with 500 pills. It was his second arrest for bringing in drugs from Mexico. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. |
| LaMarr Hoyt | Retired | United States (S.D. Cal.) | January 16, 1988 (sentencing) | Violation of probation, possession of cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute | 1 year imprisonment, 7 months imprisonment to be served concurrently | Hoyt tested positive for cocaine while on probation. Separately, drugs were also discovered in his home. |
| Pat Jarvis | Retired | United States (N.D. Ga.) | March 29, 1999 (sentencing) | Mail fraud | 15 months imprisonment, $40,000 fine | |
| Cleon Jones | Retired | Alabama (Mobile County) | September 25, 1986 (sentencing) | Two counts of first degree assault | 10-year suspended sentence, 5 years probation, restitution | |
| Ricardo Jordan | Retired | Florida (Palm Beach County) | March 8, 2007 (sentencing) | Trafficking in cocaine, sale and distribution of marijuana | 7 years imprisonment | |
| Jung-Ho Kang | Pittsburgh Pirates | South Korea (Seoul) | March 2, 2017 (sentencing) | DUI, leaving the scene of an accident | 8 months imprisonment, sentence suspended for two years | Kang had two prior DUIs. |
| Shoki Kasahara | Yomiuri Giants | Japan (Tokyo) | October 25, 2016 (sentencing) | Gambling-related charges | 14 months imprisonment, sentence suspended for four years | Kasahara personally placed ¥4.5 million in bets on baseball games and helped to run a gambling ring. |
| Matt Keough | Retired | California (Orange County) | April 5, 2005 (arrest) | Driving under the influence | 180 days imprisonment, 3 years probation. Re-sentenced in 2008 to an additional 180 days imprisonment. | Keough was charged with multiple felonies after leaving the scene of an accident with a blood-alcohol content more than twice the legal limit. Keough violated probation in 2008 by drinking alcohol. |
| Matt Keough | Retired | California (Orange County) | July 12, 2010 (plea) | Driving under the influence | 1 year imprisonment, 5 years probation | Keough initially showed up to court too drunk for the court to accept his plea and the matter had to be adjourned. |
| Jerry Koosman | Retired | United States (W.D. Wis.) | September 3, 2009 (sentencing) | Tax evasion | 6 months imprisonment | Released on June 30, 2010. |
| Tacks Latimer | Retired | Ohio | January 1925 (sentencing) | Second-degree murder | Life imprisonment | Pardoned on December 24, 1930 |
| Ron LeFlore | Pre-career | Michigan | 1970 | Armed robbery | 5–15 years imprisonment | LeFlore started playing baseball in prison and was scouted by Detroit Tigers manager Billy Martin at Jackson State Prison. |
| Esteban Loaiza | Retired | United States (S.D. Cal.) | August 10, 2018 (plea) | Possession of cocaine with intent to distribute | 3 years imprisonment, 5 years probation | Loaiza had been facing 10 years to life in prison before he was sentenced |
| Josh Lueke | Bakersfield Blaze | California (Kern County) | October 1, 2019 (plea) | False imprisonment with violence | 62 days imprisonment, followed by three years of felony probation | Lueke was charged with rape and non-consensual sodomy but pleaded no contest to a lesser charge. |
| Julio Machado | Milwaukee Brewers | Venezuela (Barquisimeto) | March 21, 1994 (sentencing) | Murder | 12 years imprisonment | Released after serving four years |
| Jim Mahady | Retired | New York (Cortland County) | January 29, 1930 (conviction) | Second degree manslaughter | 6–12 years imprisonment | Sentence commuted after three years by the Governor of New York, Herbert H. Lehman. |
| Jerry Martin | Free agent | United States (E.D. Mo.) | November 18, 1983 (sentencing) | Attempted possession of cocaine | 3 months imprisonment, $2,500 fine | Martin was arrested, charged and sentenced with teammates Willie Mays Aikens and Willie Wilson. Martin's fine was half those of his teammates because he was near "financial catastrophe." |
| Denny McLain | Retired | United States (M.D. Fla.) | April 26, 1985 (sentencing) | Drug trafficking, extortion, racketeering and conspiracy | 12 years imprisonment | Prior sentence overturned after he served two years, released after plea bargain. |
| Denny McLain | Retired | United States (E.D. Mich.) | December 14, 1996 (conviction) | Conspiracy, theft, money laundering and mail fraud | 8 years imprisonment | Released after serving six years |
| Byron McLaughlin | Retired | United States (S.D. Cal.) | December 1990 (plea) | Money laundering | 5 years probation (later sentenced to 14 years imprisonment in absentia) | McLaughlin was also ordered to pay $2.5 million in restitution in a related civil matter. After fleeing the country, McLaughlin's penalty was increased to 14 years in prison. He has remained a fugitive from justice since 1991. |
| Sergio Mitre | Saraperos de Saltillo | Mexico (Saltillo) | January 2022 (sentencing) | Femicide involving the murder of an infant child | 50 years imprisonment, MX$379,500 fine | Mitre was convicted in Mexico for the murder of his then-girlfriend's 22-month old daughter. |
| Raúl Mondesí | Retired | Dominican Republic (San Cristóbal) | September 2017 (sentencing) | Embezzlement | 8 years imprisonment, $1.3 million fine | Mondesí was found guilty of embezzling $6.3 million as the mayor of San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic. |
| Ray Morgan | Retired | Maryland (Baltimore) | February 1924 (conviction) | Assaulting a policeman | 1 year imprisonment | One of his co-defendants was found not guilty and the other was only fined $300. |
| Troy Neel | Retired | United States (W.D. Tex.) | May 7, 2009 (plea) | Failure to pay legal child support obligation | 5 years probation, $700,000 restitution in unpaid child support | Neel's child support arrears were the greatest amount in Texas history. He had been living in a resort he owned in Vanuatu in order to avoid his support obligation. |
| Blue Moon Odom | Retired | California (Orange County) | September 5, 1986 (sentencing) | Selling cocaine | 90 days imprisonment, $200 fine, 5 years probation | Odom sold two grams of cocaine to a coworker at a Xerox factory for $100. |
| Hiroshi Ogawa | Retired | Japan (Saitama) | September 29, 2005 (sentencing) | Murder, theft | Life imprisonment | |
| Monte Pearson | Retired | California (Madera County) | November 1962 (conviction) | Bribery | 8 months imprisonment | Pearson accepted a bribe of $200 while serving as the chief sanitarian of Madera County. |
| Joe Pepitone | Retired | New York (New York City) | September 17, 1986 (convicted) | Possession of Quaaludes, possession of drug paraphernalia | 6 months imprisonment | Pepitone was sentenced to two concurrent sentences of six months. |
| Luis Polonia | New York Yankees | Wisconsin (Milwaukee County) | August 21, 1989 (plea) | Sexual intercourse with a child | 60 days imprisonment, $1,500 fine, $10,000 to the Sexual Assault Treatment Center at Sinai Samaritan Hospital | |
| Jerry Priddy | Retired | United States (C.D. Cal.) | December 11, 1973 (conviction) | Extortion | 9 months imprisonment | Released after serving 4+1⁄2 months. |
| Brandon Puffer | Texas Rangers | Texas (Collin County) | 2009 (conviction) | Burglary of a habitation with intent to commit a felony | 5 years imprisonment | |
| Pedro Ramos | Retired | Florida | August 18, 1980 (arrest) | Aggravated assault | 18 months probation | Ramos threatened a bar owner with a revolver. |
| Pedro Ramos | Retired | Florida | August 24, 1981 (arrest) | Speeding, drunk driving, carrying a concealed weapon, probation violation | 3 years imprisonment | Ramos was released after serving about half of his sentence for his probation violation. |
| Jim Rivera | Pre-career | U.S. Army | May 15, 1944 (plea) | Rape, attempted rape, assault | Life imprisonment, dishonorable discharge from the U.S. Army | Rivera was paroled after five years. His arrival in the major leagues was controversial but Commissioner Ford Frick said that his conduct since his release had been "beyond question" but noted that, if that were to change, the league would "take action." |
| Pete Rose | Banned | United States (S.D. Ohio) | April 20, 1990 (plea) | Tax fraud | 5 months imprisonment followed by one year supervised release, 20 hours community service, $50,000 fine, mental health services, $366,042.86 restitution of unpaid taxes and interest | Rose failed to disclose $345,967.60 in income (equivalent to $927,850 in 2023) from card shows, personal appearances and memorabilia sales on his 1985 and 1987 federal tax returns. He was ordered to undergo treatment for a gambling addiction. |
| Ralph Schwamb | St. Louis Browns | California | 1949 (sentencing) | Murder | Life imprisonment | Schwamb was sentenced in 1949, but granted parole from San Quentin State Prison in 1960. |
| Jimmy Sheckard | Retired | Pennsylvania (Lancaster County) | September 17, 1942 (conviction) | Selling lottery tickets | 30 days imprisonment, $10 fine | |
| Gary Sheffield | Florida Marlins | Florida (Orange County) | May 24, 1994 (plea) | Reckless driving | 9 months probation, 40 hours community service | Sheffield, who was driving a Ferrari Testarossa 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), was also charged with DUI but that charge was dismissed. |
| Chuck Smith | Retired | United States (N.D. Ohio) | May 19, 2022 (plea) | Access device fraud, aggravated identity theft | 33 months imprisonment | Smith bought credit card numbers from the dark web and used them to buy at least $10,621.23 in gasoline over a year. |
| Sammy Stewart | Retired | North Carolina (Buncombe County) | October 2006 | Drug possession | 80–105 months imprisonment | Released after serving 80 months. |
| Darryl Strawberry | San Francisco Giants | United States (S.D.N.Y.) | February 9, 1995 (plea) | Tax evasion | 6 months home confinement, 3 years probation, 100 hours community service, drug abuse counselling | Strawberry admitted to failing to report $75,000–$120,000 in income between 1986 and 1990. As part of his plea, Strawberry agreed to three months in prison but Judge Barrington Daniels Parker Jr. opted for a lighter sentence. |
| Darryl Strawberry | Retired | Florida (Hillsborough County) | April 29, 2002 (sentencing) | Drug possession, solicitation of prostitution | 18 months imprisonment | Sentence was suspended in 1999, reinstated after 2002 parole violation |
| Hank Thompson | Retired | New York | November 9, 1961 (sentencing) | Third degree robbery | 3 years suspended sentence | |
| Hank Thompson | Retired | Texas | 1965 (conviction) | Armed robbery | 10 years imprisonment | Served three years |
| Rusty Torres | Retired | New York (Nassau County) | July 31, 2014 (conviction) | 5 counts of first-degree sexual abuse | 3 years imprisonment | |
| Ugueth Urbina | Philadelphia Phillies | Venezuela (Caracas) | March 28, 2007 (sentencing) | Attempted murder | 14 years imprisonment | Served 5+1⁄2 years; released December 22, 2012. |
| Julio Urías | Los Angeles Dodgers | California (Los Angeles) | May 1, 2024 (conviction) | Domestic battery | 36 months probation, 30 days community labor, and a 52-week domestic violence counseling course | |
| Felipe Vázquez | Pittsburgh Pirates | Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County) | May 20, 2021 (conviction) | 10 counts of sexual abuse of children, two counts of unlawful contact with a minor, one count each of statutory sexual assault, corruption of a minor and indecent assault of a person under 16 years old | 2–4 years imprisonment, 2 years probation | Vazquez was deported back to his home country of Venezuela after he was released in 2023. |
| Justin Wayne | Retired | United States (S.D. Fla.) | August 31, 2018 (plea) | Conspiracy to commit health care fraud | 46 months imprisonment, 3 years supervised release, $20,000 fine | Smart Lab LLC, a corporation co-founded by Wayne and his brother, Hawkeye, a former minor league baseball player, also entered a guilty plea. |
| Kevin Wickander | Retired | Arizona (Maricopa County) | September 19, 2002 (sentencing) | Theft | 4 years imprisonment | While on probation, Wickander pleaded guilty to theft of a computer and other equipment from an office in Phoenix. |
| Bill Wilson | Retired | United States (N.D. Ill.) | June 31, 1909 (plea) | Forgery, fleeing from justice | 2 years imprisonment | Wilson robbed a post office in Chicago in December 1907 and was not arrested until May 25, 1908, but escaped from custody while being transported to jail. That August, he robbed a post office in Kansas City. He was arrested in Seattle in May 1909 and sentenced by Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. |
| Willie Wilson | Kansas City Royals | United States (E.D. Mo.) | November 18, 1983 (sentencing) | Attempted possession of cocaine | 3 months imprisonment, $5,000 fine | Wilson was arrested, charged and sentenced with teammates Willie Mays Aikens and Jerry Martin. |

## Basketball

| Name | Team when arrested | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Darrell Allums | Retired | Robbery (8 convictions) | 9 years | 6 other charges of robbery were dropped |
| Greg "Cadillac" Anderson | Retired | Drug trafficking | 5 months |
| Marvin Barnes | Spirits of St. Louis | Attacking a teammate with a tire iron | Probation | |
| Marvin Barnes | Spirits of St. Louis | Gun possession (violation of probation) | 1 year | Served 5 months |
| Marvin Barnes | Retired | Burglary | 4 months |
| Billy Ray Bates | Retired | Robbery, assault | 7 years | |
| Lonny Baxter | Mens Sana Basket | Gun possession | 2 months | |
| William Bedford | Retired | Transportation of drugs | 10 years |
| Mookie Blaylock | Retired | Vehicular homicide | 15 years, with an agreement to serve 3 | |
| Corie Blount | Retired | Felony marijuana possession | 1 year | |
| Luther "Ticky" Burden | Released/retired (New York Knicks) | Receiving stolen property | 2 years | Originally sentenced to 6 to 18 years for bank robbery, his conviction was voided. |
| Keon Clark | Retired | Driving under the influence, felony weapon possession | 8 years | Projected parole date of July 18, 2017, approximately 3+1⁄2 years into sentence. |
| Javaris Crittenton | Retired | Voluntary manslaughter with a weapon and aggravated assault with a firearm | 23 years, 17 years probation | Released from prison after 10 years in 2023 due to a deal with the district attorney. |
| Rudy Distrito | Retired | Manslaughter | 4–12 years | Served from 2007–2010. |
| Nate Driggers | Retired | Felon in possession of stolen guns | 8 years | Driggers bought and sold 30 stolen guns in Chicago. He had previous convictions for selling counterfeit goods and drug charges. |
| Richard Dumas | Released/retired | Burglary | 3 years probation. | |
| Tate George | Retired | Wire fraud (Ponzi scheme) | 9 years | Will also have to serve 3 years supervised release and pay $2.55 million in restitution. |
| Anthony Grundy | Retired | Driving while intoxicated, 5 counts of failing to appear in court, 2 probation violations | 2 years | Grundy had 3 prior DWI convictions. He was arrested a fourth time for DWI in 2011 and, instead of facing the charges, left the country to play abroad until he was arrested again in 2017. |
| Henry James | Retired | Dealing cocaine | 5 years | |
| "Fast" Eddie Johnson | Retired | Burglary, robbery, drug possession, sexual assault on a minor | Various, given life sentence in 2008 | Died in prison in 2020. |
| Art Long | Retired | Narcotics distribution, illegal firearms possession | 6 years and 9 months | |
| Oliver Miller | Retired | First degree assault, gun possession | 5 years, 4 of which were suspended | |
| Jason Miskiri | Retired | Narcotics distribution | 2 years | |
| Jack Molinas | Fort Wayne Pistons | Bribing players to fix games | 10 to 15 years | Served 5 years. |
| José Ortiz | Retired | Possession of marijuana with intent to distribute | 15 months | |
| Tom Payne | Atlanta Hawks | Rape (multiple convictions), sodomy | Various, most recently sentenced to 15 years to life in 2000 | Page at Kentucky DOC Paroled in January 2019. |
| Ruben Patterson | Seattle SuperSonics | Third degree rape | 1 year | Served 15 days |
| Isaiah Rider | Retired (Minnesota Timberwolves) | Possession of cocaine, battery, evading a police officer | 7 months | |
| Charles E. Smith | Boston Celtics | Vehicular homicide | 4+1⁄2 years | served 28 months |
| Kirk Snyder | Retired | Aggravated burglary | 3 years |
| Jay Vincent | Retired | Mail fraud, tax fraud | 5+1⁄2 years |
| Sly Williams | Retired | Kidnapping | 5 years | Released after serving 3+1⁄2 years. |
| Terrence Williams | Retired | Conspiracy to defraud the NBA's health plan | 10 years | |
| Qyntel Woods | Portland Trail Blazers | Animal abuse | Probation | Woods pleaded guilty and agreed to donate $10,000 to the Oregon Humane Society. He was sentenced to 12 months of probation and 80 hours of community service. |

## Bodybuilding

| Name | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Bertil Fox | Murder | Life | Originally sentenced to death |
| Sally McNeil | Second-degree murder | 19 years to life | |
| Craig Titus | Second-degree murder | 21 to 55 years | Eligible for parole on December 23, 2026 |

## Boxing

| Name | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Mike Alvarado | Domestic violence, traffic and driving offenses | 3 years | |
| Tony Ayala Jr. | Burglary and rape | 35 years | Paroled after 16 years, returned to prison for an additional 10-year sentence for parole violation. Served full ten years, released in 2014, died in 2015. |
| Trevor Berbick | Sexual assault | 5 years | Served 15 months, subsequently murdered by kin in Jamaica. |
| Riddick Bowe | Kidnapping | 18 months | Released after serving 17 months for kidnapping his wife and children |
| James Butler | Voluntary manslaughter, arson | 29 years and 4 months | Currently incarcerated |
| Rubin "Hurricane" Carter | Murder | Life | Conviction set aside, and he was released after serving 19 years |
| Derek Chisora | Assault | 12 weeks suspended for 2 years and 150 hours community service | Had previous convictions for public order offences, assaulting a police officer and possession of an offensive weapon. |
| Christophe Dettinger | Two counts of assaulting an officer | 1 year and 18 months' probation | |
| Del Fontaine | Convicted in 1935 of the murder of his girlfriend | Death by hanging | Executed October 29, 1935, at Wandsworth Prison, London. |
| Evangelos Goussis | See entry on Martial Arts section | See entry on Martial Arts section | See entry on Martial Arts section |
| Esteban De Jesús | Murder | Life | Pardoned after 7 years due to failing health, died 1 month later |
| Clifford Etienne | Attempted murder, armed robbery, grand theft auto, and two counts of child kidnapping | 150 years without possibility of parole | Sentence reduced to 105 years in procedural hearing. |
| Scott Harrison | drunk-driving and assault (2008) | 8 months | Released after serving 4 months. |
| Scott Harrison | assault (2011) | 30 months | Released after serving 5 months |
| Scott Harrison | 3 counts of assault (2013) | 4 years | Extradited to the UK in 2015. Released after serving 3 years |
| Naseem Hamed | Dangerous driving | 15 months | Served 16 weeks |
| Bernard Hopkins | Strong-arm robbery | 18 years | served 56 months (before boxing career) |
| James Kirkland | Armed robbery | 57 months | Served 30 months, after 2003 arrest. Convicted in 2009 of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, sentenced to 24 months, released in September 2010 after serving 19 months. |
| Panama Lewis | Assault, criminal possession of a weapon, conspiracy, tampering with a sports contest | 6 years | Served 4 years |
| Sonny Liston | Robbery | 5 years | Served 2 years |
| Michael Nunn | Conspiracy to distribute cocaine | Sentenced 292 months in federal prison | Incarcerated at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Kansas, scheduled release date June 16, 2024 |
| Dwight Muhammad Qawi (formerly Dwight Braxton) | Armed robbery | ? | Served more than 2 years |
| Floyd Mayweather Sr. | Drug trafficking | 5 years | |
| Floyd Mayweather Jr. | Domestic violence | 90 days | |
| Tommy Morrison | Drugs and weapons | 10 years | Served 14 months |
| Ellyas Pical | Drug smuggling | 7 months | |
| Luis Resto | Assault criminal possession of a weapon (his hands) conspiracy | 3 years | Served 2 years, 6 months |
| Harry Simon | Culpable homicide | Sentenced to 2 years in prison on August 5, 2005. Lost appeal and began serving sentence on July 9, 2007. | release in 2009 after serving sentence. |
| Mike Tyson | Rape | 6 years | Served 3 years |
| Mike Tyson | Assault | 1 year | Served 3 months |
| Mike Tyson | Possession of narcotics and DUI | 24 hours in jail, 360 hours community service and 3 years probation | |
| Carlos Monzón | Murder | 11 years | In 1995, he died in a car accident while he was on furlough. |

## Canadian football (gridiron)

| Name | Team when arrested | Offense | Sentence |
| Josh Boden | released/retired from BC Lions | sexual assault and murder | one year's imprisonment and three years' probation |
| Cody Ledbetter | released/retired from Hamilton Tiger-Cats | probation violation | 12 years |
| Trevis Smith | Saskatchewan Roughriders | aggravated sexual assault | 6 years |

## Canoeing

| Name | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Etienne Stott | breach of Public Order Act | Conditional discharge with costs amounting to £300 | |

## Cricket

| Name | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Geoffrey Boycott | Assault | 3 months suspended sentence, 50,000 franc (£5,100) fine. | |
| Arthur Coningham | Fraud | 6 months | |
| Leslie Hylton | Murder | Death by hanging | Executed by hanging |
| Terry Jenner | Embezzlement | 6+1⁄2 years | Released after 18 months |
| Vallance Jupp | Manslaughter | 9 months | Served only half his sentence |
| Warrington Phillip | Murder | Life | Has been found guilty |
| Dion Taljard | Rape | 18 years | |
| Lorrie Wilmot | Rape | 12 years, three of them suspended | Committed suicide before he was due to be imprisoned |
| Chris Lewis | Drug smuggling | 13 years | |
| Mohammad Amir | conspiracy to cheat at gambling conspiracy to accept corrupt payments | 6 months in Young Offenders Institution | See Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal |
| Mohammad Asif | conspiracy to cheat at gambling conspiracy to accept corrupt payments | 12 months | See Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal |
| Salman Butt | conspiracy to cheat at gambling conspiracy to accept corrupt payments | 30 months | See Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal |
| Mervyn Westfield | conspiracy to accept corrupt payments | 4 months | |

## Cycling

N.B: Italics indicates retired or inactive.
| Name | Discipline | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Tammy Thomas | Road racing | perjury and obstruction of justice | 6 months' house arrest | |
| Missy Giove | Downhill | conspiring to possess and distribute more than 100 kg of marijuana | 6 months' home detention and 5 years of supervised release | |
| Jack Bobridge | Road Track | 4 charges of drug trafficking | 4 years and 6 months | released after 2-and-a-half years |
| Jonathan Boyer | Road racing | lewd behavior with a minor | 1 year in prison and 5 years' probation | released from probation in 2006 |
| James Brown | Para-cycling | public nuisance | 1 year | |

## Darts

| Name | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Phil Taylor | indecent assault | £2,000 fine | |
| Chris Mason | assault and assault with intent to resist arrest | 180 hours' community service | |
| Chris Mason | actual bodily harm | 3 months | suspended for 12 months |
| Chris Mason | actual bodily harm | 3 years' probation | |
| Chris Mason | aggravated burglary with intent to cause grievous bodily harm | 3 years | released after 1 year |
| Ted Hankey | sexual assault | 2 years | placed on sex offender registry for 10 years |

## Diving

| Name | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Bruce Kimball | vehicular homicide | 17 years | released after serving less than five years |
| Brian Phelps | 42 counts of indecent assault and indecency | 9 years | served 6 years before being released on licence, placed on the sex offenders register for life. |

## Figure skating

| Name | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Tonya Harding | Hindering a police investigation | Three years' probation, 500 hours of community service, and a $100,000 fine | See Assault of Nancy Kerrigan. |
| Tonya Harding | Disorderly conduct | 3 days and 10 days of community service | |
| Tonya Harding | Driving under the influence | 10 days, 20 days suspended | suspended sentence with the condition of completing 12 hours of classes for troubled young adults |
| Maxim Staviski | Driving under the influence, Causing death by dangerous driving | 2 years, 6 months | Was originally a 2 years suspended, 6 months with 5 years' probation, but reversed following appeal. |
| Wolfgang Schwarz | Human trafficking | 18 months | punishment was postponed as he was suffering from the side effects of treatment for skin cancer |
| Wolfgang Schwarz | kidnapping | 8 years | |

## Greco-Roman wrestling

| Name | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Otari Kvantrishvili | Rape | 10 years sentenced, later suspended | Notorious mobster in Russian mafia |

## Horse racing

| Name | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Chris Munce | conspiracy for a tips-for-bets scam | 30 months | Served 7 months in Hong Kong, then served 13 months in Australia where he was released. |
| Lester Piggott | tax evasion | 3 years | Released after 366 days, Stripped of his OBE. |

## Ice hockey

| Name | Team when arrested | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Sean Burke | Carolina Hurricanes | domestic assault | 18 months' probation | |
| Mike Danton | St. Louis Blues | conspiracy to commit murder | 7+1⁄2 years | Released after serving five years |
| Steve Durbano | retired | drug smuggling | 7 years | |
| Dany Heatley | Atlanta Thrashers | vehicular homicide | 3 years' probation | Also ordered to give 150 speeches on the dangers of speeding, and pay $25,000 to Fulton County for the cost of investigating the crash. |
| Nikolai Khabibulin | Edmonton Oilers | Drunk driving | 30 days | Serves first 15 days of sentence with work release, last 15 days under house arrest |
| Craig MacTavish | Boston Bruins | vehicular homicide | 1 year | |
| Tom McCarthy | retired | conspiracy to traffic drugs | five years and ten months | served approx. 4 years in U.S. and Canada. |
| Nathan Paetsch | Grand Rapids Griffins | transmission of wagering information, and structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements | eight months of home confinement plus 400 hours of community service and a fine of $265,000 | |
| Bob Probert | Detroit Red Wings | drug possession | 90 days | |
| Slava Voynov | Los Angeles Kings | domestic assault | 90 days in jail; three years' probation | Accepted a plea bargain on a misdemeanor account of corporal injury to a spouse. |

## Martial arts

| Name | Discipline | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Evangelos Goussis | Kickboxing | Drug trafficking (1989) | | See: Melbourne gangland killings |
| Evangelos Goussis | Kickboxing | Attempted murder (1989) | 18 months | See: Melbourne gangland killings |
| Evangelos Goussis | Kickboxing | Possession of an unregistered firearm (2004) | | See: Melbourne gangland killings |
| Evangelos Goussis | Kickboxing | Murder (2006) | 20 years' imprisonment, 15-year non-parole period | See: Melbourne gangland killings |
| Evangelos Goussis | Kickboxing | Murder (2008) | life imprisonment, 30-year non-parole period | See: Melbourne gangland killings |
| Kazuyoshi Ishii | Karate | tax evasion | 22 months | Released after 14 months |
| Lee Murray | | Armed robbery | 10 years | See: Securitas depot robbery |
| Joe Son | Mixed Martial Arts | Felony vandalism (2008) | 90 days | Was required to provide a DNA sample as condition of his plea agreement. |
| Joe Son | Mixed Martial Arts | Parole violation (2008) | 60 days | |
| Joe Son | Mixed Martial Arts | kidnapping, "sodomy by force in concert", "rape in concert", "forcible oral copulation", and "forcible rape with a sentencing enhancement for committing rape while armed with a firearm" (Jan. 2011) | 17 years and four months | Of an offense committed in 1990 |
| Joe Son | Mixed Martial Arts | Torture (Sept. 2011) | 7 years to life | Of an offense committed in 1990 |
| Joe Son | Mixed Martial Arts | Voluntary Manslaughter (2017) | 27 years | Crime committed whilst imprisoned. |
| James Waithe | Judo | Conspiracy to supply cocaine, Possession of firearms | Indefinite | Enforcer for drugs gang |
| Jonathan "War Machine" Koppenhaver | Mixed Martial Arts | Domestic battery, Coercion, Preventing a victim from reporting a crime, First-degree kidnapping, Rape, Attempted rape, Sexual assault, Battery | Life sentence | Most convictions stem from the attack on his ex-girlfriend, Christy Mack |

## Motorsport

| Name | Team when arrested | Competing series when arrested | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Gary Brabham | Retired | N/A | Rape of a child | 18 months for one offence, 2 years and 3 months for another. | Brabham was working as a driving instructor at the time of the offences. He was acquitted of five other counts of paedophila. |
| Dominic Chappell | Retired | N/A | tax evasion | 6 years | Released in November 2023 after serving 3 years of his 6 year sentence. Recalled in March 2024, after breaching his licence conditions. |
| Jochen Dauer | Retired | N/A | tax evasion | 42 months | |
| Kaye Don | MG Cars | N/A | Manslaughter | 4 months | |
| Andy Evans | inactive | N/A | bank fraud | 6 months | Released in 1986 |
| Roy James | Self entry | Formula Junior | Robbery with violence | 25 years for conspiracy and a 30 years for armed robbery, to be served concurrently. | Released on parole in 1975. See: Great Train Robbery (1963) |
| Juan Garriga | Retired | N/A | drug trafficking and possessing firearms | 2-year suspended | |
| Bertrand Gachot | Jordan Grand Prix | Formula One | Assault and use of offensive weapon | 18 months | Sentence was reduced to nine months and six months suspended. Released after two months. |
| Jim Ka To | Fretech FRD Team | Asian Formula Renault Challenge | Assault | 15-month | Released on appeal after serving 3 months |
| Junior Johnson | | NASCAR Grand National Series | Moonshining | 2 years | Served 11 months, presidentially pardoned in 1986 |
| Marco Lucchinelli | Ducati Corse | Superbike World Championship | possession of 200 mg cocaine | 5 years | Released after 2 years |
| Vic Lee | Vic Lee Motorsport (team manager/owner) | BTCC | Drug trafficking | 12 years (1993) | Released on parole in 1998 |
| Vic Lee | Vic Lee Racing (team manager/owner) | BTCC | Drug trafficking | 12 years (2005) | Released in 2010 |
| Ananda Mikola | Humpuss Racing Team | Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | Kidnapping and assault | 7 months | Released after serving his full sentences before the final verdict |
| John Paul Jr. | Doug Shierson Racing | CART | Racketeering | 5 years | Served 28 months |
| Jerry Mahony | Inactive | BTCC | Drug trafficking | 11 years | Convicted with Vic Lee in the same offence |
| Randy Lanier | Arciero Racing | CART | conspiring to import and distribute marijuana and of being principal administrators of a Continuing Criminal Enterprise | Life without Parole | Released in 2014 after serving 26 years following an undisclosed agreement with the court. |
| Randy Lanier | Arciero Racing | CART | conspiracy | 40 year (concurrent) | Released in 2014 after serving 26 years following an undisclosed agreement with the court. |
| Randy Lanier | Arciero Racing | CART | tax fraud | 5 year (concurrent) | Released in 2014 after serving 26 years following an undisclosed agreement with the court. |
| Don Whittington | Patrick Racing | CART | Money laundering | 18 months | Released in 1988 |
| Bill Whittington | Arciero Racing | CART | Income tax evasion and conspiracy to smuggle narcotics | 180 months (15 years) | Released in 1990 |
| John Paul, Sr. | JLP Racing (team owner/driver) | IMSA Camel GT | Drugs possession (1979) | 3 years' probation, $32,500 fine | Paul Jr. and Sr was convicted for the same incident on both occasions |
| John Paul, Sr. | JLP Racing (team owner/driver) | IMSA Camel GT | Possession of false passport (1985) | 6 months | Served sentence in Switzerland. Later extradited to the U.S. |
| John Paul, Sr. | JLP Racing (team owner/driver) | IMSA Camel GT | Importing marijuana, tax evasion, possession of false passport | 5 years | Released after serving 15 years, currently wanted for questioning since 2001 for a disappearance case. |
| John Paul, Sr. | JLP Racing (team owner/driver) | IMSA Camel GT | attempted murder of a federal witness | 20 years | Released after serving 15 years, currently wanted for questioning since 2001 for a disappearance case. |
| Scott Tucker | inactive | N/A | mail fraud, making false statements to a bank | 1 year (1991) | |
| Scott Tucker | Level 5 Motorsports | United SportsCar Championship | racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering, Truth In Lending Act violation | 16 years, 8 months (2017) | |
| Jos Verstappen | Arrows | Formula One | Assault | 5 years suspended | Sentence was given after settling an out-of-court settlement with his victim |
| Jos Verstappen | | | Harassment and assault | 3 months suspended and €1650 fine | |
| Anthony Gobert | inactive | inactive | Theft | A$600 fine and given 300 hours' community service | |
| Kelly Petillo | Inactive | American Championship car racing | assault and battery with intent to kill | 1–10 years | paroled in 1955, returned in 1957 for parole violations, released in 1959. |
| Salt Walther | inactive | inactive | check fraud (1987) | not specified | |
| Salt Walther | inactive | inactive | drug abuse (1987) | not specified | |
| Salt Walther | George Walther | CART/USAC | theft (1992) | not specified | |
| Salt Walther | inactive/retired | inactive/retired | illegal conveyance of painkillers into the jail (1998) | 6 months, 3 years' probation | |
| Salt Walther | inactive/retired | inactive/retired | child endangering (2000) | 180 days | |
| Salt Walther | inactive/retired | inactive/retired | violating probation terms (2000) | 10 months | For violation of terms for the 1998 case |
| Salt Walther | inactive/retired | inactive/retired | Failure to pay child support (2005) | not specified | Already served 240 hours in jail |
| Salt Walther | inactive/retired | inactive/retired | violation of community control terms (2007) | 10 months in prison, had served 240 days in jail | Died December 27, 2012 |
| Salt Walther | inactive/retired | inactive/retired | "fleeing and eluding" (2007) | 3 years | Died December 27, 2012 |
| Charles Zwolsman, Sr. | inactive | inactive | Drug smuggling | 2 years (1987) | |
| Charles Zwolsman, Sr. | Euro Racing (team owner/driver) | WSC | Drug smuggling | 5 years (1994) | Was given an extra year following a retrial in 1995, released in 1997 |
| Charles Zwolsman, Sr. | inactive | inactive | Drug smuggling | 8 years (2001) | Released in 2005. |
| Charles Zwolsman, Sr. | inactive | inactive | possession of 2,000 kilos of hashish and 4 counts of firearm possession | 3 years (2010) | Died whilst serving sentence in 2011 |
| Gene Snow | Retired | NHRA Drag Racing Series | Sex Offences against Children: “obscenity and employment harmful to a child.”, Aggravated Sexual Assault | probation and a $300 fine. | Snow took a plea deal, which lowered the charges to Injury To A Child Under 15. |
| Adrian Sutil | Force India | Formula One | grievous bodily harm | 18-month suspended and €200,000 fine | Trial took place in Germany for an offence taking place in China |
| Gary Balough | RahMoc | NASCAR Cup Series | drug trafficking | 45+1⁄2 months | |

## Rugby League

| Name | Team when arrested | Offence | Sentence | Notes |
| Craig Field | Retired | Manslaughter | 10 years | Released from prison on 3 January 2022. |
| Manu Vatuvei | Retired | Drug smuggling (Methamphetamine) | 3 years, 7 months | |
| Chris Dawson | Retired | Murder | 24 years | See Murder of Lynette Dawson |

## Rugby union

| Name | Team when arrested | Offense | Sentence |
| Tony Neary | Retired | Fraud | 5 years |
| Marc Cécillon | Retired | Murder | 20 years |
| Steven Pokere | Retired | Conspiracy to defraud | 2+1⁄2 years |

## Sailing

| Name | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Philippe Jeantot | Tax evasion | 2 years suspended and €15,000 fine | Currently under investigation for another fraud case |

## Skateboarding

| Name | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Jay Adams | felony assault | 6 months | |
| Jay Adams | Unspecified drug charges | 2 years, 6 months | Served sentenced in Hawaii |
| Jay Adams | Involvement in a drugs deal | 4 years | Completed sentence in a halfway house |
| Christian Hosoi | Drug trafficking | 10 years | Released after serving 4 years |
| Ben Pappas | drug smuggling | 12-month suspended sentence, passport revoked | Pappas was arrested in Melbourne for transporting cocaine from the United States. |
| Tas Pappas | assault | 2 months, followed by parole | Pappas violated his parole by crashing his car while intoxicated and was deported from California to Australia. |
| Tas Pappas | drug smuggling | 3 years | Pappas spent time in six prisons after attempting to transport cocaine from South America to Australia. |
| Mark Rogowski | Rape and murder | 31 years | Recommend for release by San Diego Parole Board in June 2022 (having served 30 years), pending final decision. |

## Snooker

| Name | Offense | Sentence |
| Silvino Francisco | Drugs smuggling | 3 years |
| Liang Wenbo | Domestic assault | £1,380 fine & 12-month community order |
| Michael White | Domestic assault | 3 years |

## Snowsport

| Name | Discipline | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Ryan Wedding | Snowboarding | drug trafficking | 4 years | |

## Sumo wrestling

| Name | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Futatsuryū Jun'ichi | Murder | 6 years | See: Tokitsukaze stable hazing scandal |
| Wakakirin Shinichi | Cannabis possession | 10 months, 3 years suspended | |

## Surfing

| Name | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Mickey Dora | grand larceny (Credit card fraud) | not specified | |
| Mickey Dora | check fraud | not specified | |
| Jack Roland Murphy | Robbery and First-degree murder | Life | Released on parole in 1986 |

## Swimming

| Name | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Nick D'Arcy | Assault | 14 months and 12 days | suspended on condition of good behavior |
| Antony James | 3 x rape, 3 x sexual activity with a child, 2 x causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity | pending | |

## Tennis

| Name | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Boris Becker | tax evasion | 2 years' probation, $500,000 fine | |
| Boris Becker | violating insolvency act (hiding assets during bankruptcy) | 2 1/2 years | Released after serving eight months, and deported from U.K. to Germany |
| Bernard Boileau | drug use, assault and dangerous driving | 3 years | |
| Bob Hewitt | rape | 8 years | Two of the eight years suspended |
| Roscoe Tanner | theft, fraud | 2 years | Released after one year.Florida DOC record Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine |
| Bill Tilden | contributing to the delinquency of a minor | 1 year (1946) | Served 7+1⁄2 months |
| Bill Tilden | contributing to the delinquency of a minor | 1 year (1949) | 10 months |
| Nick Kyrgios | assault | None | Case dismissed by judge despite guilty plea |

## Volleyball

| Name | Discipline | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
| Steven van de Velde | Beach | rape against a child | 4 years | Sentenced in the UK where crime was committed, served sentence in his native Nederlands, released after serving a year. |